The document describes the narrator's experience falling in love with a classmate in school, Sana. He was too shy to tell her his feelings directly. When he finally confessed to her after two years, she rejected him. The next year when he asked her out again, she said yes. However, a year later she broke up with him for another boy, which confused and upset him. He reflects on the experience and difficulties of relationships in school.
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER By STEPHEN CHBOS.docxoreo10
THE PERKS OF BEING A
WALLFLOWER
By
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
Part 1
August 25, 1991 Dear friend,
I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn't
try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have. Please
don't try to figure out who she is because then you might figure out who I am,
and I really don't want you to do that. I will call people by different names or
generic names because I don't want you to find me. I didn't enclose a return
address for the same reason. I mean nothing bad by this. Honest.
I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and
doesn't try to sleep with people even if they could have. I need to know that
these people exist.
I think you of all people would understand that because I think you of all
people are alive and appreciate what that means. At least I hope you do
because other people look to you for strength and friendship and it's that
simple. At least that's what I've heard.
So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad
and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.
I try to think of my family as a reason for me being this way, especially
after my friend Michael stopped going to school one day last spring and we
heard Mr. Vaughn's voice on the loudspeaker.
"Boys and girls, I regret to inform you that one of our students has passed
on. We will hold a memorial service for Michael Dobson during assembly
this Friday."
I don't know how news travels around school and why it is very often right.
Maybe it was in the lunchroom. It's hard to remember. But Dave with the
awkward glasses told us that Michael killed himself. His mom played bridge
with one of Michael's neighbors and they heard the gunshot.
I don't really remember much of what happened after that except that my
older brother came to Mr. Vaughn's office in my middle school and told me to
stop crying. Then, he put his arm on my shoulder and told me to get it out of
my system before Dad came home. We then went to eat French fries at
McDonald's and he taught me how to play pinball. He even made a joke that
because of me he got to skip an afternoon of school and asked me if I wanted
to help him work on his Camaro. I guess I was pretty messy because he never
let me work on his Camaro before.
At the guidance counselor sessions, they asked the few of us who actually
liked Michael to say a few words. I think they were afraid that some of us
would try to kill ourselves or something because they looked very tense and
one of them kept touching his beard.
Bridget who is crazy said that sometimes she thought about suicide when
commercials come on during TV. She was sincere and this puzzled the
guidance counselors. Carl who is nice to everyone said that he felt very sad,
but could never kill himself because it is a sin.
This one guidan ...
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER By STEPHEN CHBOS.docxoreo10
THE PERKS OF BEING A
WALLFLOWER
By
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
Part 1
August 25, 1991 Dear friend,
I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn't
try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have. Please
don't try to figure out who she is because then you might figure out who I am,
and I really don't want you to do that. I will call people by different names or
generic names because I don't want you to find me. I didn't enclose a return
address for the same reason. I mean nothing bad by this. Honest.
I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and
doesn't try to sleep with people even if they could have. I need to know that
these people exist.
I think you of all people would understand that because I think you of all
people are alive and appreciate what that means. At least I hope you do
because other people look to you for strength and friendship and it's that
simple. At least that's what I've heard.
So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad
and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.
I try to think of my family as a reason for me being this way, especially
after my friend Michael stopped going to school one day last spring and we
heard Mr. Vaughn's voice on the loudspeaker.
"Boys and girls, I regret to inform you that one of our students has passed
on. We will hold a memorial service for Michael Dobson during assembly
this Friday."
I don't know how news travels around school and why it is very often right.
Maybe it was in the lunchroom. It's hard to remember. But Dave with the
awkward glasses told us that Michael killed himself. His mom played bridge
with one of Michael's neighbors and they heard the gunshot.
I don't really remember much of what happened after that except that my
older brother came to Mr. Vaughn's office in my middle school and told me to
stop crying. Then, he put his arm on my shoulder and told me to get it out of
my system before Dad came home. We then went to eat French fries at
McDonald's and he taught me how to play pinball. He even made a joke that
because of me he got to skip an afternoon of school and asked me if I wanted
to help him work on his Camaro. I guess I was pretty messy because he never
let me work on his Camaro before.
At the guidance counselor sessions, they asked the few of us who actually
liked Michael to say a few words. I think they were afraid that some of us
would try to kill ourselves or something because they looked very tense and
one of them kept touching his beard.
Bridget who is crazy said that sometimes she thought about suicide when
commercials come on during TV. She was sincere and this puzzled the
guidance counselors. Carl who is nice to everyone said that he felt very sad,
but could never kill himself because it is a sin.
This one guidan ...
A Pecha Kucha presentation from June 2009 in Hamburg sharing some of the 300 pieces of the 'lost' messages I have found in the past fifteen years...enjoy and feedback please ! Vol 2 is being created now...
1 THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWERStephen Chbosky.docxoswald1horne84988
1
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
Stephen Chbosky
2
Published by: POCKET BOOKS, Simon and Schuster Inc., 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New
York, NY 10020.
Copyright 1999 by Stephen Chbosky
BOOK JACKET INFORMATION
standing on the fringes of life ... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it
looks like from the dance floor.
This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a
provocative new voice in contemporary fiction: The Perks Of Being A WALLFLOWER
This is the story of what it’s like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Char-
lie’s letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. We may not know where he lives. We
may not know to whom he is writing. All we know is the world he shares. Caught between trying
to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory.
The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. The world of sex, drugs,
and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect
drive to feel infinite.
Through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story, powerful
novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up.
visit us on the world wide web _inghttpwhststwwwlessimonsayscom_wh _inghttpwhststwwwm-
tvcom_wh
stephen chbosky grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the University of
Southern California’s Filmic Writing Program. His first film, THE FOUR CORNERS OF NO-
WHERE, premiered at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival and went on to win Best Narrative Feature
honors at the Chicago Underground Film Festival. He is the recipient of the Abraham Polonsky
Screenwriting Award for his screenplay EVERYTHING DIVIDED as well as a participant in the
Sundance Institute’s filmmakers’ lab for his current project, FINGERNAILS AND SMOOTH
SKIN. Chbosky lives in New York.
the perks of being a wallflower is his first novel.
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the
author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons,
living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
For my family
acknowledgements
I just wanted to say about all those listed that there would be no book without them, and I
thank them with all of my heart.
Greer Kessel Hendricks Heather Neely Lea, Fred, and Stacy Chbosky Robbie Thompson Chris-
topher McQuarrie Margaret Mehring Stewart Stern Kate Degenhart Mark McClain Wilson David
Wilcox Kate Ward Tim Perell Jack Horner Eduardo Braniff
And finally ...
3
Dr. Earl Reum for writing a beautiful poem and Patrick Comeaux for remembering it wrong
when he was 14.
4
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
PART ONE
August.
A Pecha Kucha presentation from June 2009 in Hamburg sharing some of the 300 pieces of the 'lost' messages I have found in the past fifteen years...enjoy and feedback please ! Vol 2 is being created now...
1 THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWERStephen Chbosky.docxoswald1horne84988
1
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
Stephen Chbosky
2
Published by: POCKET BOOKS, Simon and Schuster Inc., 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New
York, NY 10020.
Copyright 1999 by Stephen Chbosky
BOOK JACKET INFORMATION
standing on the fringes of life ... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it
looks like from the dance floor.
This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a
provocative new voice in contemporary fiction: The Perks Of Being A WALLFLOWER
This is the story of what it’s like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Char-
lie’s letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. We may not know where he lives. We
may not know to whom he is writing. All we know is the world he shares. Caught between trying
to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory.
The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. The world of sex, drugs,
and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect
drive to feel infinite.
Through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story, powerful
novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up.
visit us on the world wide web _inghttpwhststwwwlessimonsayscom_wh _inghttpwhststwwwm-
tvcom_wh
stephen chbosky grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the University of
Southern California’s Filmic Writing Program. His first film, THE FOUR CORNERS OF NO-
WHERE, premiered at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival and went on to win Best Narrative Feature
honors at the Chicago Underground Film Festival. He is the recipient of the Abraham Polonsky
Screenwriting Award for his screenplay EVERYTHING DIVIDED as well as a participant in the
Sundance Institute’s filmmakers’ lab for his current project, FINGERNAILS AND SMOOTH
SKIN. Chbosky lives in New York.
the perks of being a wallflower is his first novel.
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the
author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons,
living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
For my family
acknowledgements
I just wanted to say about all those listed that there would be no book without them, and I
thank them with all of my heart.
Greer Kessel Hendricks Heather Neely Lea, Fred, and Stacy Chbosky Robbie Thompson Chris-
topher McQuarrie Margaret Mehring Stewart Stern Kate Degenhart Mark McClain Wilson David
Wilcox Kate Ward Tim Perell Jack Horner Eduardo Braniff
And finally ...
3
Dr. Earl Reum for writing a beautiful poem and Patrick Comeaux for remembering it wrong
when he was 14.
4
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
PART ONE
August.
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The Early Years: A Budding Star with Signature Locks
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1990s: From Heartthrob to Icon
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Edward Scissorhands (1990)
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Captain Jack Sparrow: The Pirate with Flowing Locks
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Funny speech by ali raza
1. When I was in school, I was in love.
I was in love okay
But I didn’t have the courage to tell her anything
But she found out anyway
Because I went to my best friend and I was like “Listen!”
“Don’t tell anybody…!”
“But I like Sana”
Now I didn’t know then
But the fastest way to tell everybody is to tell somebody not to tell anybody.
Because this guy went and told his friend
“Listen don’t tell anybody…”
“But Ali likes Sama”
That guy went and told his friends
“Don’t tell anybody….”
“But Ali likes Samiya”
Because rumors in school goes like Chinese whispers……right?
So by the time rumor came to me, The rumor was
Ali is a gay, but Saima Chaudhary likes him
Still I don’t have the courage to tell her anything…..nothing.
instead I do that one thing that all schoolboys do when they are in love
I stated at her from across the corridors
just like piece ta bra taat aye
Cosmic love rays just flying out of my eyes
*sound of hormones and honeybee*
It’s the fastest way to let her khow that you are a Punder
2. After two years in 10th
standard, I’m like the most important year of our school lives, I;m like
this is a great time to ask her out
Now she’ll say yes.
So I find her alone in the corridor for like this one microsecond……..
Because girls in the school are never alone.
Why the girls in the school ar never fucking alone?
There arew always four other girls on the side going
“Dekho, dekho, tumhari trf dekh rha ha!”
What the fuck are these four girls?
I hate them!!!
I mean I genuinely fucking and these four girls are laughing
They fucking laugh
My insecurities are not helped by this, I mean
Phla hi itni phatti hui ha
I look like a
P.T. Sir please….
You don’t need to laugh
*laughing*
It is the sound of my Drowna-khawab
And always they might be laughing at someone else. But I look I mean it always….. To every
guy…. Every fucking guy.
It just seems like they are laughing at you, and your family
Your whole family okay
Your whole fucking family.
I’m walking past then and they do laughing*
And I’m like in my head
3. Ali Raza to chutiya ha.
So I find her alone in the corridor
And I go in and I’m like
“Um,..um Sana , I love you”
“Will you go out with me?”
I will never forget what she said
“Uh-No”
I’m like “Why?”
“Didn’t you see the cosmic love rays?”
She’s like “I did, but you say you love me”
“And I don’t even know who you are”
I’m like “Fair point. I will try again next year!”
Because for me asking a girl out is like being a bakra on Eid, It happens every year and doesn’t
end well*
So the next year I asked her out again
And this time she said yes!
And I feel like, like you remember when Nawaz Sharif became Na-ahal, then Imran khan said
“Tabdeeli aa nhi rhi ha, tabdeeli aa gai ha”
So things were great!
Things were…like…we were dating. It was awesome.
Um…But then one year later
She turns to me and she said,
“Ali….. I want to breakup with you.” *wave of pity*
4. Yeah it was fucking terrible,
Yup, and I think I had zero clue.
That this was going to happen
I think I am not the only one
I think guys in general have no idea When a relationship is going badly.
Zero clue.
But the girls are like
“The signs were there since the beginning”
Beginning…..?
What signs….?
“Oh so you haven’t noticed that I’ve stopped liking your Facebook posts?
NO
“Oh and you havnt noticed that I’m taking longer to reply to your Whatsapp messages?”
Why…..?
“Oh and you haven’t noticed that we haven’t been speaking for the last couple of months?”
Now that you mention it…..
“That’s because I got married….
WHAT!
Yeah! That’s my son- say “hi” to uncle
It’s awkward that you don’t even like see the kid yarrrr…!
Is there—ho ga koi bekhari ka bacha!
5. Point is I got dumped!
How many of you have gotten dumped?
Make some noise.
Lairs!
Fucking lairs!
The bunch of you.
My god
Sheesh, I just have the honesty to admit it….right.
That is the difference between me and you.
I fucking got dumped okay.
And I hate those peoples.
I’m sure you guys are one of those people who go like
“No (x7) our breakup was mutual”
*Meeuuchaallllllll*
But like how was it really mutual?
Did you both decided she should meet other people?
No please tell me?
You know these fuckers,,,
It’s never mutual firstly okay
You are like the roadies contestant
Who gets thrown out of the show
And he said
“Nai ma to aesa hi choor k jana wala tha!
Nhi chahiya mujha Qmobile bike
6. Ja rha hn ma Faisalabad”
Point is that she dumped me, For a guy who is clearly worse than me
Always correct..correct.
Fucking chimpanzee
Literal Chimpanzee
No
Like his arms are till here,
Dude walk like this like throws dung at you…….What the hell!
And the thing is (x2) ok I know
I have seen the mirror
I know how I look like
I’m not a prize, I’m not saying that all I’m saying is
If you are leaving a Samsung at least go for an Iphone
What is this Qmobile that you have now?
Like no battery life, dosnt lasts…….
Jo aesa kar k chalta ha
And it’s very confusing, it’s very confusing wen your girl leaves for someone’s who is worse
than you.
It is very confusing
Because you don’t like…… you don’t know how to react
Like half of you is really Happy.
Half of you is like YESSS!
“She’s is dating a looser, now she’ll know!
And then the other half is,,,,,,,,,
Stop one minute.
7. If she left you for a looser than that makes you……..
Shh it’s the first half.
So here’s why she left me
Because she is a Juttni
And I’m a Gujjar
I like living dangerously..okay
It was fine between us until she told her dad about us
She went to her dad and she’s like
“Dad I’m dating a boy”
And like all typical Pakistani dads, he said,
“what you are dating a boy?”
“Yes dad and he is a Gujjar”
“What you are dating a gujjar boy?”
“Does he study in UET Narowal?
“Dose he’s doing Mechanical Engineering?”
“Is he Ali Raza……….?”
Thank You.
